Meanings of minor planet names

This is a list of named minor planets (mostly asteroids), with links to the Wikipedia articles on the people, places, characters and concepts that they are named for.

1–500	5,001–5,500	10,001–11,000	20,001–21,000	30,001–31,000	40,001–41,000
501–1,000	5,501–6,000	11,001–12,000	21,001–22,000	31,001–32,000	41,001–42,000
1,001–1,500	6,001–6,500	12,001–13,000	22,001–23,000	32,001–33,000	42,001–43,000
1,501–2,000	6,501–7,000	13,001–14,000	23,001–24,000	33,001–34,000	43,001–44,000
2,001–2,500	7,001–7,500	14,001–15,000	24,001–25,000	34,001–35,000	44,001–45,000
2,501–3,000	7,501–8,000	15,001–16,000	25,001–26,000	35,001–36,000	45,001–46,000
3,001–3,500	8,001–8,500	16,001–17,000	26,001–27,000	36,001–37,000	46,001–47,000
3,501–4,000	8,501–9,000	17,001–18,000	27,001–28,000	37,001–38,000	47,001–48,000
4,001–4,500	9,001–9,500	18,001–19,000	28,001–29,000	38,001–39,000	48,001–49,000
4,501–5,000	9,501–10,000	19,001–20,000	29,001–30,000	39,001–40,000	49,001–50,000
	50,001–51,000	60,001–61,000	70,001–71,000	80,001–81,000	90,001–91,000
	51,001–52,000	61,001–62,000	71,001–72,000	81,001–82,000	91,001–92,000
	52,001–53,000	62,001–63,000	72,001–73,000	82,001–83,000	92,001–93,000
	53,001–54,000	63,001–64,000	73,001–74,000	83,001–84,000	93,001–94,000
	54,001–55,000	64,001–65,000	74,001–75,000	84,001–85,000	94,001–95,000
	55,001–56,000	65,001–66,000	75,001–76,000	85,001–86,000	95,001–96,000
	56,001–57,000	66,001–67,000	76,001–77,000	86,001–87,000	96,001–97,000
	57,001–58,000	67,001–68,000	77,001–78,000	87,001–88,000	97,001–98,000
	58,001–59,000	68,001–69,000	78,001–79,000	88,001–89,000	98,001–99,000
	59,001–60,000	69,001–70,000	79,001–80,000	89,001–90,000	99,001–100,000
	100,001–110,000	110,001–120,000	120,001–130,000	130,001–140,000	140,001–150,000
	150,001–160,000	160,001–170,000	170,001–180,000	180,001–190,000	190,001–200,000
	200,001–210,000	210,001–220,000	220,001–230,000	230,001–240,000	240,001–250,000
	250,001–260,000	260,001–270,000	270,001–280,000	280,001–290,000	290,001–300,000
	300,001–310,000	310,001–320,000	320,001–330,000	330,001–340,000	340,001–350,000
	350,001–360,000	360,001–370,000	370,001–380,000	380,001–390,000	390,001–400,000
	400,001–410,000	410,001–420,000	420,001–430,000	430,001–440,000	440,001–450,000
	450,001–460,000	460,001–470,000	470,001–480,000	480,001–490,000	490,001–500,000

See also

• List of minor planets
• List of minor planets named after people
• List of minor planets named after places

External links

• Asteroids discovered at the observatory of San Marcello Pistoiese in Italy
• Asteroids discovered by Tsutomu Seki
• Asteroids discovered by Uppsala astronomers
• Asteroids honoring people associated with Cornell Department of astronomy
• Asteroids named after members of staff and graduates of the Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
• Asteroids with Canadian Connections
• Asteroids with a Hamburg connection
• Hungarian asteroids
• In Our Skies journalistic article on asteroid nomenclature
• Institute of Applied Astronomy's list of (accented) names
• Kleť Numbered Minor Planets
• List of "Dutch" asteroids (in Dutch)
• Planetary Society asteroids
• Schmadel's list of (accented) names
• The Ceres Connection (asteroids named after students)

Some systematic sources of citations are:

• The database of the Minor Planet Center can be searched: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=37601
• The JPL Small-Body Database Browser: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=37601
• The Minor Planet Center has lists of discovery circumstances for numbered minor planets which link to a script at the Harvard University Center for Astronomy MPES (Minor Planet Ephemeris Service) that displays citations.
• The Minor Planet Center also provides a search engine allowing a search of its database from your browser.

In the first two cases you need only modify the last argument of the address to the name or number of the minor planet. The lists of discovery circumstances are split into groups of 5000 minor planets, each containing links for individual named minor planets that access the script displaying citations,